french presidential hopeful francis fillon remains defiant over allegations of fraud as his campaignty of palmyra months after the so—called islamic state drove them from it. and, it's being called the greatest blunder in 0scar history — the pairfound responsible for that envelope mix—up are told they won't be back again.

french presidential hopeful francis fillon remains defiant over allegations of fraud as his campaign suffers another setback. syrian government forces once again enter the ancient city of palmyra months after the so—called islamic state drove them from it. and, it's being called the greatest blunder in oscar history — the pairfound responsible for that envelope mix—up are told they won't be back again. here in the uk the house of lords has dealt the government its first serious blow over the brexit bill which will trigger the process of leaving the eu. the upper chamber voted by a large majority to give european union nationals who already live here the right to stay in the uk. the prime minister has so far refused to give any such assurances. our political editor, laura kuennsberg, reports. they have voted, contents 358. wow. not contents 256. so the contents have it. "wow!" you can hear them say. the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes. a bid to force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it seems to me a win—win for principl

in france, the centre—right candidate for the presidential election, francis fillon, is placed undermal investigation for the alleged misuse of public funds, but he rejects calls to step aside. karen pence, 350, not content is, 256, so the contents have it. —— contents. the british government suffers a first defeat on brexit legislation. the house of lords backs an opposition amendment which could delay theresa may's timetable. and read my lips. a rare glimpse into the president's big speech preparations. you're watching one hundred days with katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. it was a very different donald trump who addressed congress last night — less flame—thrower, more president. he was still tough on immigration and terrorism but there was a surprising splattering of optimism, too. even the odd call for unity. and it seems people here liked it. in fact, so favourable were the morning headlines — even from what he calls the "failing" new york times — that an often irascible president could find nothing to moan about. on his twitter page was this — thank yo